In article , John Williamson
scribeth thus
On 17/10/2014 12:43, whisky-dave wrote:
Legislation (1998) limits the sale of painkillers to packs of 16 in all shops
except pharmacies which may sell packs of 32 to minimise the risk of overdosing.
People are not allowed by law to buy more than 32 tablets at one time and some
shops display a notice to this effect.

Take note, not *all* painkillers have this limit. My local pharmacy
stocks packs of 48 x 400mp Ibuprofen.....

Which taken over a long time cam work wonders dissolving your guts;!(..

But you can take such as Omeprazole for that side effect..

In fact they usually question you as to what you want it for and how
long you intend to take it for...


The limits are on Asprin and paracetamol based painkillers, as in the
casae of paracetamol, the LD50 is quite close to the dose needed to have
a painkilling effect.


Useful stuff that but quite nasty in overdose. The restrictions on sales
of that are good ones. Someone I used to know went into the co-op in
Cherry Hinton high St just a mile or so from Fulbourn Physiatric
hospital and managed to buy 400 off them some years ago now.

Why the stupid till girl let her buy so many never was questioned;!(.
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Tony Sayer